The CrowdJustice Blog

We’ve worked with lawyers specialising in employment matters to ensure that clients can fund legal work. Some catch media attention, but CrowdJustice also works brilliantly for individual cases. Here are a few examples of CrowdJustice funding personal employment matters. Read more

Financial barriers are the biggest blocker on accessing legal services, according to survey participants, with a majority saying that the system doesn’t work for ‘ordinary people’. Hot topics in the legal world and updates on legal matters funded on CrowdJustice - all in this week’s Justice Beat. Read more

Do judges fall within the definition of 'worker' within the Employment Rights Act? That question is going all the way up to the Supreme Court for determination in a case brought by District Judge Claire Gilham, who raised funds for legal action on CrowdJustice. Read more

Alex Rook, partner at Irwin Mitchell, speaks about his work representing parents seeking welfare deputyship on behalf of their young adult children, funded through CrowdJustice. Read more

Natasha Abrahart was just 20 years old when she took her own life at University. Now her parents are fighting to protect other young people at risk of harm due to mental ill-health. Read more

In this guest blog post, Evan Wright, partner in the Regulatory department at JMW Solicitors, speaks to CrowdJustice about private prosecutions - what they are, why we have them, and how funding options like CrowdJustice play a vital role for those who can't otherwise afford to bring them. Read more

Law imitating life? Following the #MeToo movement and widespread media coverage of workplace sex discrimination, employment practitioners report a rise in related causes of action. Hot topics in the legal world and updates on legal matters funded on CrowdJustice - all in this week’s Justice Beat. Read more

At CrowdJustice, we don't think that anyone with a legal case should be compelled to give up on it because they can't afford to pay for a lawyer. We also think lawyers deserve to be paid properly for their work. Here's how we're helping people to access the legal system. Read more

Tamsin Allen, partner at Bindmans, speaks about her work for a group of women defending a libel claim, funded through CrowdJustice. Read more

Today may be the last time UK citizens vote in European parliamentary elections. If there’s anything we’ve learned from the breadth of cases we’ve seen on CrowdJustice since the 2016 Referendum, it’s that our relationship with the EU continues to divide opinion across the spectrum. Read more